Grain binder



w. .TRIPPE GRAIN BINDER Filed Oct. 9, 1922 ET* i5- l...

Patented July ZZ, 17924.

UNITED WILLIAM Tiairrn, or Honsrain, iviissouiar! vcitizen of the United States, residing at the binder is in operation.

Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, have invented a new and useful Grain Binder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to grain binders.

An object of the invention isto provide an improved device for cooperation withvthe needle of a grain binder to pack and compress the grain straws in a more efcient lm`anner than is effected by the usual grain arms.

` Another Object of the invention is to pro- Y, vide an improved device for cooperation with the needle of a grain binder to vpack the straws of the grain closely at the time the needle operates, and to relieve a Vlarge amount of the strain from the usual retaining arm, with the result that thebiiiding mechanism operates more easily thus requiring less power to operate the different parts of the binding mechanism than in binders of usual construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improvement of the character mentioned comprising a pivoted arm above the binder deck, and means for operating said arm as an incident to the operation of the needle to compress and pack the grain straws more closely than is usual, and without the strong springs and other devices required'in machines of the present construction.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being made to the drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the invention applied to the binder deck of a grain binder.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the shafts shown in section.

The portion of the usual grain binder shown comprises an inclined binder deck 1 that may be composed of sheet metal or other appropriate material and which is provided with a number of slots 2 for the operation of the packer arms 3 that are given a walking movement to packy the grain when Such walking movement is imparted by rotation of the crank shaft 4c to which the packer arms are connected below the deck 1. As is well known, the grain slides downwardly on the deck 1 until caught or stopped by an arm 5 supported by a rock shaft 6 below the deck 1, said arm 5 being arranged to extend and GRAIN BINDER.

Application lel October 9, 192,2.fSerila1 No. 593,249?.`

. operate througha slot Textending upwardly.

from the vlower end of thebinder deck. The needle 8 is of'usiial and well-known constructionl and is'operated in a familiar manner through a slot 9 that may be a continuation of the slots?. The partsvfabove described are at the properV time after the grainstrajwsj lof vusual .construction and operation `and it' will be understoodthat the needle 8 operates have been packed and compressedby 'the l s packer arms 3. I

and, in the embodiment shown, consists of ay proXimately parallel varms 10 having their upper ends equipped with hinges 11. .that

are securedvto the deck'l Vin a'irelatio'nsliip in which the spacebetween said arms is wide enough to permit the needle Sand 4the ,arm '5-v to operate therein; The arms 10 are of-"suiifi-v cient Alen tli tov permit thefa'rml'vjto swing downwardly to permit'the bundlestogbe dis-vk charged at the proper time. L"A spacer`12 is secured between the arms 10 above the arm 5 to hold said arms 10 in proper spaced relationship. As shown, the spacer 12 is in the form of a sleeve through which a bolt 13 passes to hold the arms clamped close againstv the ends of the spacer and to hold the spacer between the arms.

The needle 8 is provided with a pinkor lug 141 extending on opposite sides thereof and arranged to engage against the lower edges of the arms 1() and swing the lower ends of said arms 10 upwardly to compress and pack the grain while the needle is moving upwardly toward the knotter mechanism, not shown. Thus the arms 10 cooperate directly with the needle and with the arm 5 to pack the straws of the grain during the `tying or binding operation.

As is well known, the needle operates only after a suihcient amount of grain has beenv accumulated to form a bundle. In'the usual binders considerable power and strength is required for supportingthe arm 5 and for operating it, since it affords the necessary resistance to the packer arms 3 and to the needle. In the case of my invention,'the arms 10 partly relieve the arm 5 so that less power is necessary.

While I have shown a preferred embodiment of the. invention and one that has been found entirely satisfactory in use, it will be understood that the construction and argrain on the deckand arranged to swing upwardly and downwardly through said first slot, and a needle arranged to operate throngh said second slot,oi1 a'biurcated memberhaving its arms spaced apart to re ceiVeboth-said arm and sai'dneedle between them .andgpermitting free movement of said arm in any operative position of said member, .a connection 1 uniting said arms below said needle, hinges securingthe upper ends 1-of, thearms of said member to the deck 4at opposite sides of said second slot above. said needle, and anrelementsupported by said needle arranged to vengage both of the arms of saidmember to raise said member as an A'incident to the operation of the needle in a tying operation.

f2; yIn a grain binder, the combination with 4.a binder deckhaving a slot therein and a yneedle arranged -to operate through ,sadslotcfa bifureeted member having its arms spaced apart to receive said needle betwecnthem, a connection uniting said arms below said needle, hinges securing the upper ends oi' the arms oi' said member to the deck at opposite sides of said slot above said needle7 and a projection on each side of said needle arranged to engage the arms of said member during the nal upward movement of said needle in a tying operation.

3. In a grain binder the combination with a binder deck having a slot therein,ra needle arrangedlto operate through saidslot, and an arm supported near the lower end of the deck and arranged to swing to and from a position above the deck below said needle, of a bifurcated member having its connected ends below said arm and having its detached ends pivoted to said deck above said needle,

,one of said arms of said bifurcated member being vat each side of said needle andsaid iirst named arm, a spacerlbetween the arms oi' said bifurcatedmember above said irst named arm and below said needle, a Vbolt passing through said arms of said bifurcated member and through said spacer and clamping said parts together, and an element supported by said needle arranged to engage b oth of the arms of said bifurcated member to raise said member as an incident to operation of the needle in a tying operation.

WILLIAM Terrien 

